Back to business for Lockhart River

The low pressure system passed north of the community earlier this morning, bringing wind gusts of around 55-kilometres an hour and only a few millimetres of rain.

The Lockhart River Mayor, Wayne Butcher says residents took shelter last night as a precaution.

"Our local disaster management team is meeting again at midday today, hopefully we'll finalise everything then and give everything the all-clear and you know the Council workers will probably come back to work after lunch," he says.

"You know the essential, the bank and the post office we'll get open after lunch."